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Probiotic bacteria that have biological activity in the host produce postbiotics, which are nonviable microbial products or metabolic by-products. When organic nutrients like prebiotics are fermented anaerobically in a matrix, functional bioactive chemicals called postbiotics are produced. These compounds are used to produce adenosine triphosphate, which is an energy source. Postbiotics are low molecular weight soluble chemicals that are either secreted by living microorganisms or released after microbial cell lysis. Bacterial cellular fragments and enzymes, short-chain fatty acids, extracellular polysaccharides, cell lysates, vitamins, teichoic acid, etc. are a few examples of postbiotics. As a probiotic, lactic acid bacteria contributes significantly to a number of health advantages, such as the ability to control the immune response to different infectious diseases. Here, we describe how lactic acid bacteria produce postbiotic enzymes.
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Rao, S.S., Sounderrajan, V., Thangam, T., Parthasarathy, K. (2024). Analysis and Identification of Postbiotic Enzymes. In: Dharumadurai, D. (eds) Postbiotics. Methods and Protocols in Food Science . Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3421-9_22
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